(Jewish Group) Kentucky legislators apologize after using antisemitic phrase

A pair of Kentucky lawmakers apologized for using an antisemitic phrase during a recent legislative committee meeting.

Sen. Rick Girdler (R-Somerset) and Rep. Walker Thomas (R-Hopkinsville) both said "Jew them down" during a discussion concerning the price of two leases in Graves County, which was devastated by tornadoes in December, according to The Courier-Journal.

The Lexington Herald-Leader first reported that Thomas asked the state to "Jew them down on the price" and could be heard laughing shortly after a presentation to the legislature's Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee about the Department of Corrections' $1 lease from a Mayfield company and another $1 lease for the Cabinet of Health and Family Services, according to WKYT.

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Girdler, who co-chairs the committee, repeated Thomas' question before quickly correcting himself, the outlet added.

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